April 18, 2016 Kalija hadn't been feeling well. Between his achey body, his intolerance to walking and eating dirt, we needed to take him in to the vet. We brought him to Old Lyme Vet. He had an appointment for Thursday, but, when I called Monday, I told them he needed to be seen sooner. Norm and I took him in at 1115. The vet knew right away things were bad. On first glance, he had a guess that Kalija had a sarcoma of his spleen. X-rays and bloodwork confirmed this diagnosis. It was shocking news, we already knew things weren't good. We just didn't realize it was this bad. Norm and the vet discussed euthanasia. Norm said not until after he takes Kalija out for burgers. We took Kalija to burger King, then to Gorton pond. Kalija ate his bacon double cheeseburgers, he drank nice cold pond water. We took him for a ride with the windows down and returned to the vets. We sat outside under a tree in nice soft green grass. The vet agreed to come outside to let us and Kalija be as comfortable as possible. We laid down with Kalija and they gave him a sedative. Kalija left this world hearing Norm telling he he is such a good boy. And that he was. Not a mean bone in him. Loyal to the end. We will miss him!
I always liked Kalija and even though we had some ups and downs, we were always good friends. What a stroke of luck for me to get to see him before he crossed the rainbow bridge.
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